Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables
67:03 – 74:05… on that. So he has no idea what he's doing. Matsui, 285, 25 homers, 103 RBIs, 100 runs scored, solid pick. And they were in like round six or seven. Yeah. Apex Mountain, Heigl's gotta be yes, right? Absolutely. Absolutely. I mean, this is like, I don't know if, is it Vinny Chase Aquaman level? It's up there. I think, I think it is. Yeah. And a couple of people in my life who really thought we should name it the Vinny Chase Aquaman Apex Valley. It's pretty funny. It's pretty funny. I might workshop in a couple of pods. Rogan? No, right? I'm going now. No, it's later. I don't know when later, but it's later. …
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He tries to take Carlos Delgado, but he was three rounds late on that. So he has no idea what he's doing. Matsui, 285, 25 homers, 103 RBIs, 100 runs scored, solid pick. And they were in like round six or seven. Yeah. Apex Mountain, Heigl's gotta be yes, right? Absolutely. Absolutely. I mean, this is like, I don't know if, is it Vinny Chase Aquaman level? It's up there. I think, I think it is. Yeah. And a couple of people in my life who really thought we should name it the Vinny Chase Aquaman Apex Valley. It's pretty funny. It's pretty funny. I might workshop in a couple of pods. Rogan? No, right? I'm going now. No, it's later. I don't know when later, but it's later. Pineapple Express is right after this. Like, he really keeps cooking. We didn't really talk about Rogan in the pod, which is, I think, my mistake as the host. Well. Because this was, you know, part of the rub of this movie is, can you lead a movie with Seth Rogen? Right? Can you lead a rom-com with this 23-year-old stoner guy who's overweight and just like, will this work? It wouldn't have been like a Hollywood casting like, number one choice. Yeah. Not only did he carry it, he ends up, he becomes a leading guy for the next 15 years. It's weird how much he's lasted. I mean, he is like in like, legitimate normal movies. Like, that movie, The Long Shot. Like, he's just in stuff. I think for a while, people always kind of knocked him as the, he couldn't act. He just like, smoked weed and had that funny laugh. Seth Rogen's actually not a bad actor. Yeah, I think he's a good actor. I'm with you. I was also really surprised that he and Evan Goldberg together got a producer credit. I was like, this is not that deep into their career. They hadn't made Superbad yet. And they get a credit together. So, I think he's also just like, though he's known for being a stoner, like, he's very industrious and clearly, you know, got a, he's a smart guy. Yeah, and I'm glad you brought Superbad because this is quite an 07 for Seth Rogen because he makes the Superbad, the movie he dreamed of making his whole life and he's also got this at the same time. Apatow, I think you could argue maybe. Well, because it's in that three, that three-year run of movies we mentioned and he has this and Superbad within two months of each other and at this point he can get anything greenlit that he'd ever want. So, I think by the, by the confusing definition of Apex Mountain, it's hard to imagine him having more swear power than coming out of the summer. Yeah, right, because Superbad coming two months later, it's probably that two months later. I wonder what we said if we gave it to him in the Superbad pod, but yeah, it's probably right now. Siegel, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd, no. Leslie Mann, no. No for Leslie Mann? I think it's probably leading This Is 40. She's like the lead actress in a big movie. I think that's the only time that's happened for her. You would say here? I don't know, but I'm really into Leslie Mann as an actress. I think she's like fantastic in this movie and really, really funny. She's like maybe one of the best comedy moms in my opinion. Like she, she's quick. Very underrated. I love her in Big Daddy. She's great as Corinne. So funny. I really like her and she's the one. Yeah. Great movie. I think she's really funny in that movie. Yeah, she's been a lot of good ones. She's really good and my wife likes this movie that I admittedly have only probably seen once, but what is it? Like The Other Woman or what? It's like a Cameron Diaz movie. I think she's really funny in that one. I ride or die for Cameron Diaz. She's most underrated. RIP, Cameron Diaz, IMDb. She's on a beach somewhere. She's living the good life. She's one of the funniest actresses ever. She does not get enough credit. I ride so hard for her. Jay Barish will know. Hideki Matsui, arguably. What about fantasy, fantasy sports moments in a movie? Fantasy, fantasy sports movie moments? Yeah. What else is there? Because there's The League, which is a TV show, obviously, but in a movie. Well, wasn't The League on at this point? Maybe. But in a movie, this might be. It might be the most high-profile fantasy moment. This is right when Matthew, maybe fantasy sports. Matthew Barry's signed with ESPN at this point. Starting to all happen. I find it interesting that they chose baseball. I don't know why they didn't do football. I think it's the most fantasy, like, it's like most known for fantasy, more than football. Yeah, it was pretty. I think fantasy football. Yeah, but fantasy baseball was first. It was pretty even, I would say, through the mid-2000s. And football had taken over, but we didn't want to admit it yet. But, it's still like, baseball was the OG. I mean, baseball was the first one. Any more Apex Mountain? Because I was going to do Hall of Fame plaque. No, it's definitely Heigl. There's no question. I think there's two Hall of Fame plaque nominees for this. Heigl doesn't get to be in the Hall of Fame. Is this Apatow's Hall of Fame hat this movie? Or would you go with another one? I think I would go with 40-year-old virgin, but this is close. I think he would go with Freaks and Geeks. Interesting. But I don't know if that's the right answer. It's probably this for the thing. And then Seth Rogen, what would be his Hall of Fame plaque hat? Super bad, right? I think that's super bad. I mean, that's like his baby. Yeah, I just want to let you guys know, I recently watched Seth Rogen's Architectural Digest YouTube video where he gives a tour of the office for his weed company. He's very into architecture. And pottery, as am I. I'm trying to become a ceramics influencer and I had a great time. So we have a lot in common. When did that happen? Are you on TikTok? It's not really working. No. So it's not really working. My name is Julia Libman. I'm a ceramics influencer. Yeah, I just love ceramics. Best racehorse name from this movie. I have three nominees. You might have more. Opening credits, Bush. Smash Morshin, or this is my favorite, Drinkin' Bone. I could see Drinkin' Bone winning the Kentucky Derby. And here comes Drinkin' Bone! What'd you have, Craig? Pregnant with Emotion. Ooh. Ooh. And then, I mean, could you toss in Flesh of the Stars? Maybe that's too weird. I think Flesh of the Stars. Flesh of the Stars is hilarious. That would be good. Yeah, I think that's the winner. Pickin' Nits. We mentioned they told Catherine Aga to lose 20 pounds. How ridiculous that was. Where do we stand on the miscommunication on the condom? Okay. I have those on the list because how could he not, how could he not, he asked the morning after if they had sex. I know they're hammered. Like, we get it. They're drunk. But he also, like, asked the morning after, like, did we have sex? And then he's the one to correct her and explain that she said. It doesn't make sense. Yeah. His memory's extremely selective. I think they spent a long time thinking of the sentence that Heigl has to say that technically makes it where you could understand both ways. I think she said, just do it already, which I still don't think helps Rogan. Also, I mean, if we get really in the weeds here, just do it without the covers on. Look at it as you're putting it on. I don't know why he, like, he's like, his eyes are closed and he's trying to put the damn thing on. Fucking look at it.
77:26 – 80:15… life. I just, we learned a lot about pregnancy in this movie and more than we did ever did in like high school or anything like that. I skipped over for Apex Mountain. I missed it accidentally. Was this the Apex Mountain for unplanned pregnancy movies? This has been a theme that's been through the years as a rom-com theme. Sure. She's having a baby. I can't remember if that was an unplanned or not, but in general, like pregnancy and they've always, they never land the plane on it because guess what? Pregnancy is not like a barrel of F's. Yeah. Not like a huge amount of comedy coming out of a 10 month …
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about childbirth than any class or anything else? Hmm. I've never, this is probably the only time I've ever seen a crowning in my entire life. I just, we learned a lot about pregnancy in this movie and more than we did ever did in like high school or anything like that. I skipped over for Apex Mountain. I missed it accidentally. Was this the Apex Mountain for unplanned pregnancy movies? This has been a theme that's been through the years as a rom-com theme. Sure. She's having a baby. I can't remember if that was an unplanned or not, but in general, like pregnancy and they've always, they never land the plane on it because guess what? Pregnancy is not like a barrel of F's. Yeah. Not like a huge amount of comedy coming out of a 10 month growing a body inside your body thing. But I think this has to be the best unplanned pregnancy movie, right? No other ones really come to mind off the top of my head. I was thinking about Juno, but I'm not a fan of that movie. Wow. Random Juno shot. That was like the Matthew Fox drive-by. Juno was just sitting here listening to the podcast and all of a sudden got attacked. Sorry. Next category. Sequel, prequel, prestige TV, all black cast or untouchable? I like the idea of an all black cast for this, but this is, to me, feels like a prestige TV eight episode that I could see on like Amazon. I feel like Amazon's kind of made the prestige. What was that one that Rob Delaney was in? Oh, um, Catastrophe with Sharon Horgan. Isn't that basically Knocked Up with older people as same kind of theme? But I think this could have worked as prestige because then you really could have dove into the Paul Rudd Leslie Mann family and- It just wouldn't be as funny. It'd be way more serious, I think. Counterpoint, have you guys watched Sex, Lies of College Girls? No. I really like that show. I love that show and I feel like that tone applied to Knocked Up for like HBO Max could work. Also, they're making This is 50. Yes. So, they're thinking about it. Yeah. Yeah. Would this movie be better with Wayne Jenkins, Danny Trejo, Catherine Han, Steve Buscemi, Sam Jackson, JT Walsh, or Philip Baker Hall? Catherine Han would have been greatly- Make her her friend. Appreciated. Yeah, that could have been her friend. Or Debbie. She would have been, Leslie Mann is good, but like Catherine Han would be a great older sister who's like freaking out. She would be great. Catherine Han could have played the Ken Jeong doctor role. Literally any role. Yeah. Could have squeezed her into 10 different things. There could only be one, just one Oscar. Who gets it from this movie? Screenplay? That's a good one. I was thinking Jonah Hill for best supporting actor because every moment he's in, he just absolutely crushes it. Yeah, I would say screenplay is probably the most likely. I don't think this is an, I don't, the Oscar conversation is tough with this movie. This conversation is not tough though. Best age to watch this movie? I saw it when it came out. I was 21.
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